One of the first films made about the House Committee on Un-American Activities' (HUAC) communist "witch hunts," this movie from 1976 takes on one of the most notorious periods in American history. Woody Allen stars as Howard Prince, a small-time bookie and friend of successful television writer Alfred Miller. When Miller is blacklisted, he asks Howard to pose as a writer and sell his scripts. The film was very personal for its director, Martin Ritt, and its Oscar-nominated writer, Walter Bernstein, both of whom were blacklisted during the 1950s.

"Unlike most movies on the subject, this one has an impish tone."—USA Today